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BlEflEUY RSCE FDR " THANKSGIVING DAY |p Two Big Events Scheduled to It; Occur on Turkey Day for i the Soldiers. * Thanksgiving two big relay races [ . are scheduled under the direction of i jpfe-r.-- Melvll W. Sheppard, athletic direc tpr'and sprinter of national note. Un-i ro&r der memorandum 380 Colonel Ma-' comb has issued an order which is ' I -quoted veroauni as rouowa; Headquarters, Camp Greene. i Charlotte, Nov. S, 1918. Memorandum No. 380: 1. Thanksgiving: Day, November 28. j I being a national holiday, all routine ?.y duties, except the necessary guard \ gp and fatigue will be suspended for the j 2. At 11 and 11:30 a. m.. there will] be held two relay races starting at 1 camp headquarters and finishing at1 city hall, Charlotte, N. C., one for the ! white and one for the colored units. . 3. Teams shall consist of five men, I each man to run 880 yards or one-half j -J- mile, all men must be from the same j * company or corresponding unit. .No limit to teams representing a company or corresponding unit. Org&ni- j z&tiun commanders shall make every ?- ? ,l?4 - ? foama are :y~i cuori iu acr: Hint. u? .v.. entered as possible, but must have at] ffef least one team from each company! or corresponding unit. Entries can be i mfc.*- made to the (clerk of course) morn- ' ^ ing of race at starting point. 4. Regulation uniform, service 1 Mftfi shirt, breeches and shoes must be { BPr-,-.; worn by al! contestants, and teams! KB&.,' will report to (clerk of course) 10:30 ] morning of race. Contestants wishing instructions on training for this race " may get same by reporting to Melvln 1 f&'V. - W. Sheppard, camp~fcth!etic director, j Berryhill mansion, Monday and Frl- > Pifv' day evenings. 5. Prizes will be gold, silver, and i afcz. bronze medals, to first, second and ' - third teams to finish in each race. By order of Colonel Macomb: , |gg? . v T. A. BAUMEI8TER. Mapor, A. G. D., Adjustant. ' Official: Copies to all organizations. ' m ? i CAMP GREENE LIBRARY ^ :.V_ -| II II II . MI III / 7II |/ Though some folks* am grouchy, the camp librarian Isn't kicking about the Quarantine; the circulation figures for the library building jumped from 366 for September ta 1,486 for the month of Octobor. The reading habit usually becomes chronic once ,a j :?? man gets the germ. I Mr. C. M. Baker, camp librarian,: and his assistant, Mr. W. H, Blumen- j fit?*' thai, have been busy outside the | bul'ding as well as within. New col-: jp, lectionrf of books have been placed In Eft:- all the Ts and the old books removed.! v c HnlMtoM will receivo; new collections too. Over 1,900 fresh J . books were thus placed iu the libra- j Kv? ry's branches. The biggest Job of the month was, - that of moving the books of the base j fVr'" hospital branch to the new Red Cross : building. New titles were added so; now there ait over 2,800 fresh, clean! books in the Red Cross library. This i collection is in charge of Miss Marie F. Waite, a trained librarian. K"_ The camp library will furnish cards Mrefe " with general orders printed thereon to officers who have new men. Please ftp state the number needed. 1 Remember that though the camp |g? library is a littlo off the main road It PC; is well worth visiting- Men who come once usually call again. There one can find* novels, technical books, tntts^ books, current magazines, and The . New Jfork Times. Come and get books to amuse you. j Come and get books that will help j fill your Job in the army or that i vm prepare you for a position when 0\\ peace shall come. fflyfjjfi'-*-" Thfe camp library is a little north Br**.1 of tank No. 1 and is open week days and Sundays from 8 a. m. to 10 p. m. Books may be taken to your - tent.?l-ree U l!l? UUI1]I. Kf-v- . . - I ???& . Secretary James A. De Haven in S charge of building No. 1, which in the ; future will be known aa the Athletic building, haa already started the ball rolling. Thia building<-can be used" for.any kind of indoor sports and it | %>,- la hoped that the boys in this camp ^ take advantage of the opportunity j . afforded them. Aa_ stated before it will be mainly used for the basketball. tournament. Secretary DeHaven an- ! nounces the following schedule: Bas- ! ketbnll two times a week; motion pic tares two times; dancing once a week rSpV: A?4 *or the 81x1)1 night sothe good stunt. This schedule will go into efJ feet da roon as the quarantine can be ; lifted.! to regular palrons of our* TRENCH I ' a : 1 RECRUIT CAMP NO. 5. W I ; .? '[ First Lieut. J. M. Jeffries of Ken-, tucky has returned from the base hospital after a severe attack of Influenza. 1] First Lieut. Albert L. Amick has e been added to the "personnel of the. medical detachment. Lieutenant jc Amick will be remembered as the ex- i b pert on Pasteur work, having been! ? at the head of that department at j ^ the pasteur laboratories of the state j b of Maryland for three years. He was j i? also resident physician ' at the West ? Virginia miners* hospital for two c vcars. ti Among: the other medical officers j who have been addeg to the?medical n detachment of Recruit Camp 5. are .r Capt. Donald McDonald of Taunton. Mass.. and Lieut. J. A. Hunter of j ? Cleveland, Ohio, and Capt. Harry D.1 Purdum of Baltimore, Maryland. [ Capt. Russeir' W. Lowe, who has. ? been with this medical detachment F for the past four weeks, ha3 been fi transferred to Camp Gordon, Atlanta, $ Ga. I Sgt. B. J. Bartels has been returned j t to duty after an attack of influenza, t He was at the base hospital for 10 j days. V T . % ? c 2nd Co. of Recruit t'niup Vo. 5. | Came to Camp Greene October 17. j' 1918, with the good*. We have men L from Tennessee, Pennsylvania and j a from th i good old state of Virginia 11 and what they can t do there is no.' e use of talking about it- "8ing." 1 ] f should say so; dancers just from Dan- I r ville; musicians who put M in music, f and with all this we havo a man the c world knows. He U Wtyliam C. Webb fl in camp but on the stage he is known! f as Boston Webb. If you have not | s seen him work you will in a few <Jays i as he has the best of goods and knows j ? his stuff. .? J a Our quartet is Just off the stage ? singing all the latest songs. When it j c comes to eating they brought that J c to this t crld. j c Some fo the boys had not been cat- j i\ ing but one or two" meals a day forj iney Wuuiu biccii an wtj W av. c ..?... . eating and stay up a:i night to keep!* from sleeping. j T We are well pleased with the camp i1 life no bills tp pay. no clothes to buy t and no houAe rent to pay. We have ? our Uncle 8am. Ihe boys are Jdst c wild to get over to town to look the J browns over before they go over. ? CAPTAIN IIARRY V. MELSbTTER ? Co? *, o, Camp K?. #. ? Among the officers who are doing a things In Camp Greene is Captain j Harry V. Maimer. Captain Meiaaner 1 is a military man and when it comet to the point of discipline be has that part of military work down to a science. He comes from Milwaukee. Wis., and was graduated from the University of Wisconsin in the class of 1912 with the A. B. degree. Two years later he received his degree l*. t ii B. from the law school. He prac- j ticed his profession in Milwaukee. a Wis., until April. 1917, when he enrolled as a candidate at the first of- j ( fleers' training camp at Fort Shen- < dan. 111. He was commissioned a i, captain In the infantry. August 15, I f 1917. He was then made an instruc- ]s tor at the second officers' training j school at Fort Sheridan. 111., which' ] he held until November 27. 1917. He M was then attached to the Motor Me- i a chanics regiment for organisation; work on December 23. 1917. On April J < 15. 1918, he received orders to pro-! j ceed to Camp Oreene where he was ] attached to the Casual camp. He was y made commander of this camp on | June 22, 1918. and continued until < Julv 5. On July 15 he was the com- < mending officer of the No. 1 and No. 1 2 Development b&ttaltona and remain- i ed in this important position until October 11, 1918. when he wan placed 1 in command of Recruit Camp No. 5. j The work of Captain Meissner since t he ho* taken command has been very ? noticeable. He U- "fflclent and pains- i taking, never thinking of asking an 1 officer under his command to under- f take anv port of the wo-k that he y would not cheerfully do himself. The ( work of his officers and e.n'Hted men has that quick, snapov method that 1 Is so necessary for a well trained sol- c dier to have. Aa an orranlser Cantaln Meissner has demonstrated bv his work commanding officer of Recruit Caran No.that he has few su nerinr*. HI* om^n worn in pence* hprmonv and are huav all the time jretttn*' the greatest amount of wo'k and efficiency out of the men under their command. Having: had a lone experience In military wo*-k from the four vftJira coma wo?-lc in the University of Whwiwln ln?t.lt?it|on. a* instructor of mllf^?rv science end tacM?. two vea?-? with the r?*?v of ma4?r. Contain Mef*?nerJ? well fitted for the work that?hel ?' undertaking: *n whtnnlnar the rew recruit* into effleTent. end well trained soldiers. Cnm" o-eope la fortunate indeed to have t Jh'i* ah?e and well trained officer ( ftmonr ft* personnel. t On July 111, J*1*. he was m*-H??d to ( Mtsa Alma Jm PJHendrath of Oh'raeo, s 111. He is a man who merits the re- i iND CAMP ! ARMY CONSERVATION : ' i The department of conservation and ; eclamation in the army camps is a : eature that the genera! public hears [ ttle of,-yet it is doing wonders in; very camp and saving millions of dol- : irs. This department of Trench and 1 lamp is conducted by the publicity ureau of the conservation division j f the office of the camp auartermas- j er in the interest* of food conserveIon and general economic practice on chalf of soldiers of Camp Greene. It i J the desire and purpose of the con- I ervation division to impress upon evry soldier here'and those who shall onie here in the fffture, the great! ruth that it i3 just as important nnd List as vital to the success of the coun-^ ry's arms that they save and econo- ( nize in every possible way as it is mportant that they attain speedy j4rf??Hnn In mililarv knovrU'ilcc nnd cience. When a perfectly equipped army, uch as our United States army is. :oinK to war the needs of the man are lumbered by the millions; uniforms, ( = hoes. hats, revolvers, rifles, heavy . Ield pieces, blankets, slickers, in fact t he government issues 129 distinct ar- i icles to our soldiers; this varies with i he particular branch of service he is n, and in addition there are horses, J nules. wagons, autos. and hundreds if other articles used by the army ?oth in active service and behind the ipes. that must be supplied. 80. with all these millions of aricles needed, there naturally is to be ome waste, and ordinary wear, and I he brains of the army decided that f ivery urltcle, every ounce of so-called * garbage, every pound of rags and ' netal must be lecialmed as far as J lossible. and the tremendous job fell in the shoulders of the officers of the 1 alvage division, a branch which was ' 'ormerly known as the conservation ind declamation department. For instance, during the month of 4 lepternber, the camps, cantonments 1 Lttd posts throughout the United , f (tales repaired ,163,218 articles of c lothing; laundered 4,188,757 pieces; 1 ollected 18,702,796 pounds of so- * ailed garbage; repaired 136.2G6 cots, ] ind tents repaired totaled 17,770, etc.! t The salvage division certainly de_ J ^ erves- great credit for their excellent ? cork. But by far the most important I ?aet of this work Is reclaiming of ar- i 1 icles, as this not only saves labor. | brae and money, but conserves our _ < lock of raw material and in these , dtical times, save is word that should *?Ver be oyt of our thoughts. Think, fecide, act. save! I The salvage division, under the: emmand of Capt. D. B. Darnell, at lamp Greene, is doing wonderful work nd jetting excellent results in this ranch, and every man in the service j houid do his "bit" by saving all J possible. Don't let up, keep on sav- 1 ng! ~ i ROBERT It SHARP. Salvage Division. ? BASE HOSPITAL 147. A!1 our boys were delighted to have; heir Quartermaster Lieut. John J ' >oy!e, who has undergone a severe' it tack of pneumonia, back with them. The company progressed nicely un- 1 ler the temporary Commanding Ofll* J :er L4eut. A. A. J. Simpson in the ah- j tence of Captain Robert R. Arm- ' itrong, who visited hU homo in Pas-' laiac. N. J., for the past week. [ * Our adjutant, L euL Samuel M. 3urbank, is on a flying trip to New fork: we would suggest matrimonial1 iff airs. Various complaints are heard front j : >ur boys of the late breakfast we are laving due to our cook. John A. fries, spending nights in Charlotte, rith his wife. ] We regret very much the loss of Corporal Allen Maratta to the medical letachment. Recruit Camp No. 5. as * le was one of the company's most s favorite lance corporals. Private Charles E. McDonald says? le has been in the army five months.( ind has never smelled powder yet and ( j he only way he has of getting wound-, d is to drop a typewriter on- his head to he has decided if he can't get over ! le will spend his entire salary in W. J. S., having sent an order for $30 vorth to W. M. Holder, of Valdosta, : 3a. Privates Augustus Mixon and Tom ^fTVinaid were called home last week | . >n account of illness in their homes. JFST A UTTLK JOKE. The boys in the Fourth Recruit ?mp are telling a good one on one of . heir men who had to be reprimanded >y the commanding officer of his com>any. It is. said that he was ordered o scrub the Arc hydrant at the head | >f the company street without talking 1 o anyone, using a toothbrush and waer until further notice. When the ' nformation came to the editor of this japer he had put in one day at the iob. ' EASTERN STAR TO ENTERTAN. j' Plans have been perfected whereby' ? he ladies of the Eastern Star of ; I Charlotte wjll give a big reception in j I be near future to all Masons of Camp t Jreene who are in thtf service as well h ls to Charlotte Masons. The event j 1 rill be one of the biggest affairs of the (I mason and it Is dxpacted the date will e within the next two weeks. 11 -.. . * T ' S; * \ -'j Page 7 Captain Harry V. Mcfcwner. f.jflffg AAJOR HATFIELD IS vjMK ] NOW IN CAMP GREENE fljJJIJ las Been Twice Governor of m fra j West Virginia ? Assigned to Ufl Base Hospital RB^^B ? Major Henry U \' .!:eld. twice T^JEjtB B rorernor of Weal Virginia and chief I ^ '%STmM ~JL executive of that ftale during the Inst \ ^|i^Wl 'v, niner's uprising in Kanawha cou.it \ AHi eported for duty at the 1". K. army 1WMWB ?asc hospital. Camp Greene. las; reek. He is assistant to the ch ef ot he surgical service of the hospital. Major Hatfield has l>een in miliary iervice since August. 1817. He has adT icted as medical examiner for th^ U l^K nodical reserve tnen of West Vir finia and his work carried hi in ai ( U j|W >ver the state. Camp Greene is the \Jt i jl irst military camp at which the major Vw fJ^m , ixb been stationed. |VpK#i^B The Henry D. Hatfield of ptiir imp* was lieutenant governor of Wen l iryjinia from 1909 to 1913 He na.-e 4UiULM fleeted gvoomor on a progressive r?* J7 f! MI I'm mbllran ticket in 1913 and m rvol *ULuJnB wo terms, until March 4. 1917. IT? H fKI&K AND IIAKKKK WBB I'l.AV RASJk KUlAI.I BITMB Friday evening, a thrilling game u! m U basketball wu* staged between ffJlBfl foung*s "Tarriera" of the outer office ind Perry""h "Roughnecks" of the in- . mflTV wr office. The aoore was ImJ M hroughoat, the Tarriere finally win- I BJLK. .t itng on tin the last few minutes of lay on a wonderful hack-arm elu?' &ml|l ty Brick McOay. Final score S to 6 ?lark starred for the Roughneck* V M ffijl B coring two of the three field goals vB t was a red hot "bout" and was rr. SftU oyed by all present. A regular tean B B|B s being organised to represent th- BIB dvool and all challenge* should ! * >honed in to the Hchool office. Cam* . B B fl U raa played at Y. M. <*. A. So. lOf. Jcore as follows: b Roughnecks Positions Ta trier OjRWmW " (Joals from field?C Lark 2. M rC 1. Barnes 2, Smith 1, Harding. 1 Referee, Neuraan. Time of hii\? 10 minutes. |a IUvSKUVK IABOR BATTALION #VsjS# V HOLDS BAS'QI>*1 'A banquet in the latest style, witn j/fl9KnpF Companies C and D of the 423rd Re- ^Uri^ K'" leHre Labor Battalion, entertaining \w| 1^ H. va* given Friday night in their niesv 1 talL They have organized a patriot If 1^1^* dub and had programs printed in the V \L r uitional colors with the menu and fy, iJlK ?. oasts and the affair was put over in y MB a -egular style. Just to get nn idea of %/C 3 m rhat was done the program is puU. ished below. The companies are made IP IT ip of colored men and some mighty r^AA JMBt mod material was disco*ere<l in the flfli 'peaking line. Pmffram. Ot>ening by club. "My Country, "T>^Toaatraaater. Corporal Roland A Barnes. ^ Welcome address. Corporal (leiirg- 1 rhonias Rouscn. Respnose, mrst ueut. jam en rv ,??? &WfM Keown.. Address. Corporal Ernest H. Cope Introduction of camp commatidei. ' tpeaker of the evening. ' mmf' MKj' Selection by club. "Battle Hymn Hi :he Republic." A PACIFIER BV PBOKtX<.IO\ HI || ?t>' >mp Hdq. Co.. Personnel Div.. Ml 0/1 Ijjl October 31. 1918. (J ml jJJI To the Editor Trench and Camp: One of the Interviewers in the Per- If IN I ionnel division learned of a new pro- II || Br feasion practiced in civil life in a Vj li |j|r rooky in Camp S. W prr "Yes sah." he said upon InterroKa pj* tion. Tee a pacifier in an ice cream Factory. I pacMtee (pasteurize! all [he mUk and cream." Som n&ciflartji He want "to tote a pin p dat, kaiser man!" jap I* Lv k -
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